Three students of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, were drowned when a pedestrian bridge within the main campus of the university located in Gubi, an outskirt of Bauchi metropolis, collapsed.
The incident reportedly occured on Monday, August 5, 2019 as tragedy struck in the wee hours in the Gubi campus of the institution.
According to report, the bridge is a link between the university and the hostels and was reported to have collapsed under the heavy current of the flood underneath.
Investigation carried out by the sochool management on Wednesday revealed that three bodies were actually recovered following the collapse of the bridge due to a downpour that lasted several hours across the state after rescue operations were concluded.
The management had earlier said that 4 died in the tragic incident.
It also said no body was missing contrary to earlier claims by the students who insisted that some persons were missing.
Two females and a male all from the department of business education and management studies were declared death. They were identified as Joseph Akoh Isah who was in his 100 level from Kogi State. Blessing Godfrey who was in her 200 Level from Benue State and Salmat Aliyu Akpaojo , 200 Level also an indigene of Kogi State.
The photo above is that of Salmat Aliyu Akpaojo who took to her WhatsApp status to write: “My degree will not go up with me to heaven. Therefore, I will not come and kill myself over school. If I don’t know it by 11.30pm, I am resting my head peacefully on my pillow and going to sleep” as shared by her friends after the incident.
According to The Nation, the students has since been buried and the incident left seven injured.
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